One of the most impressive meteor showers of the year is set to occur this weekend with favorable Moon condition and mild temperatures in Pittsburgh, but clouds may block the view. At peak with ideal viewing conditions up to 100 meteors per hour may be seen. The Geminid Meteor shower is to peak on Sunday Night into Monday morning. The map below shows much of North America will not have favorable skies. Read more

The January 8, 2016 AAAP meeting takes place at Allegheny Observatory, not the Carnegie Science Center. Our guest speaker will be Mark Kochte who will present the latest findings from NASA’s New Horizons Mission to Pluto. Mark is a Mission Analyst (among several titles) at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. Naturally, the Jan. 2016 Guide Star will have much more on Mr. Kochte’s lecture.